West Germany 1978 Game Part 6: Canadians stay put/Norwegians take trench

The battle continues and Brody kicks the game off with a single rifleman.
Turn 36: Brody

Starting right were the battle left off, right near the hill.

Brody's medic is standing still. He rolls, misses and it goes to me.

Turn 37: Me

I move 2 Canadians back to the hill, 1 towards the hill and 2 more reservists up.

I get a two, and another decent roll after this one sealed Brody's rifleman's fate.

TAKE THAT!!! Brody's medic is dead. He'll be at the graveyard soon. 

Turn 38: Brody

Brody gets a decent 4 and moves up 2 platoons to the trench.

Turn 39: Me

I hold my ground on the hill. These Canadians are veterans now. I think this is it for them in the battle.

Turn 40: Brody

Brody's first good roll for the day gets him a 6. He continues to move 2 platoons up to the trench.

He moves another platoon up to the bunker.

Turn 41: Me

Over to the east, the Norwegians go over the hill, advancing right onto the trench.

In range of my LMG's and riflemen, one of Brody's snipers (which posed a huge threat to me) is about to get it.

A huge weight on my shoulders gone.

Turn 42: Brody

Brody is not happy about me advancing. He stays put.

He guns down one of my Norwegian riflemen. The first Norwegian casualty is the soldier I christened "Pte. Rosenberg" for the West German Army.

Turn 43: Me

A decent roll gets me 5 moves me even closer towards the trench.

I gun down 1 of Brody's officers and one of his LMGs.

Turn 44: Brody

Brody moves up 1 of his riflemen.

He guns down one more of my riflemen.

Turn 45: Me

Moving more units up to the trench. I didn't intend on taking the trench with my Norwegians, but I did it anyhow.

I shoot one of his riflemen down.

Turn 46: Brody

Another Norskie goes down.

Turn 47: Me

Norwegians finally storm the trench.

I kill another 2 riflemen. The Norwegians are on a roll! 

Turn 48: Brody

Brody finally gets wind that it's my LMG doing the dirty work, so he shoots him down. 

There were peace talks during dinner (which was Shepard’s Pie, yummy), and I can say with confidence that they were productive.
I successfully convinced Brody to end in a ceasefire.

Brody's forces surrender. 

I lost a total of 6 soldiers, which is nothing in comparison to the 10 Brody lost.
I'm not too sure of where/when the next game will be. I was really looking forward to using my US troops, but that didn't happen.
Stay tuned!

Cold War Canadian Infantry Company

I thought I'd give you a close up of some of the Canadians I painted a little while back. You've probably seen them in battle, but the pictures are maybe a little unclear, so here they are now.

The infantry company is in the back and an HQ platoon is up front.

The HQ Platoon.

Those are probably going to be all the Canadians that I'll be painting... ever. Unless I can get my hands on some more Liberation miniatures Israelis, then these Canadians are in a rather small force.

West Germany 1978 Game Part 5: Canadians hold Hill 816

Day 2 of battle continues with the Canadians holding the hill, but still making minor advances.
Turn 27: Me

I still hold the hill. Another scenic photo from Andre the Camera Man.

Turn 28: Brody

Brody moves his sniper to the roof of a townhouse, which puts him just out of range of my soldiers on the ridge.

Turn 29: Me

Knowing full well that I might be attacked, I move 3 soldiers up to attack his sniper on the roof. I roll the attack die, and I get a 4. I use 2 of them on Brody's sniper.

Brody's sniper... dead! Ring the liberation bells!

Turn 30: Brody

Unbeknownst to me, one of Brody infantry platoons was is in range of one of my Canadian rifleman. Brody rolls the attack die, gets a 3 and unfortunately kills one of my Canucks.

The first Canadian casualty of the game. He will be missed...

Turn 31: Me

With my troops angry, I still hold the ridge. (This picture was taken by Andre the Camera Man).

And the first civilian casualty occurs. Andre the Cameraman will no longer be taking scenic pictures. That's my job now... Maybe I'll bring him back to life for Part 6.

 Turn 32: Brody

A rifleman along with the officer that killed one of men move up to the hill. Oh, what audacity!

Another Canadian... dead.

Turn 33: Me

I move up a reservist. He's yet to see battle...

Using 3 riflemen, I kill Brody's officer. That's what he gets for killing 2 Canadians!

Turn 34: Brody

Brody's OTHER sniper. Oh, goody. He moves the sniper from the trench a little further towards my Canadians.

Turn 35: Me

With my reservists heading towards Hill 816 to hold it, I send in a platoon and a half of Canadians. My plans are yet to be de-classified. 

Much more to come!

West Germany 1978 Game Part 4: First contact with the Russians

The game continues...
Turn 23: Me

I roll a 6 and the first Canadians are beginning to hit the hill. (Much to Brody's dismay).

Turn 24: Brody

Brody moves 4 units up towards the hill, including the sniper. 

Turn 25: Me

A decent roll winds me up on the hill, in range of Brody's officers. I roll the attack die, and I get a 3. Just enough to kill one of Brody's officers.

Bam! First casualty of the game.

My view from the hill. (Ignore the Camera man Andre down on the ground).

Turn 26: Brody

The sniper is in view. What will happen? Find out soon...